function readUntilWhitespace()

in packages/selector/src/text/describe-text-quote.ts [273:297]

• 22 lines of code
• 8 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

function readUntilWhitespace(
  seeker: RelativeSeeker,
  limit = Infinity,
  reverse = false,
): string {
  let result = '';
  while (result.length < limit) {
    let nextCharacter: string;
    try {
      nextCharacter = seeker.read(reverse ? -1 : 1);
    } catch (err) {
      if (!(err instanceof RangeError)) throw err;
      break; // End/start of text reached.
    }

    // Stop if we reached whitespace.
    if (isWhitespace(nextCharacter)) {
      seeker.seekBy(reverse ? 1 : -1); // ‘undo’ the last read.
      break;
    }

    result = reverse ? nextCharacter + result : result + nextCharacter;
  }
  return result;
}